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Fast Forward Neo-Nazis Cover Seattle Synagogues With Racist Flyers
(JTA) — Neo-Nazis affiliated with the anti-Semitic Daily Stormer Book Club plastered racist fliers on three Seattle synagogues. The fliers were posted over the weekend by a masked man and featured an illustration of Democratic Reps. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts biting…
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Fast Forward Las Vegas Man Plotted To Bomb Local Synagogue, Say Federal Authorities
(JTA) — A man from Las Vegas, Nevada who works as a security guard was arrested and charged with plans to bomb a local synagogue or a bar that caters to the LBGTQ community. The man was identified as Conor Climo, 23, in a statement issued Friday by the U.S. Justice Department. Climo was arrested…
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Fast Forward Historic Synagogue Overrun By Squatters Returned To Local Jewish Community
([JTA](http://www.jta.org ” “JTA”)) — A Buenos Aires synagogue inaugurated in 1907, one of the first in Argentina, was recovered after 20 years of being overrun with squatters. The synagogue is located in the La Boca area, the city’s original port, where the first Jewish immigrants from Europe originally settled. After the death of the rabbi…
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Fast Forward Lithuanian Capital’s Last Synagogue Shuts Down
(JTA) — The Jewish Community of Lithuania temporarily closed the only functioning synagogue of the capital Vilnius, citing security issues that may be connected to a debate about the honoring of Nazi collaborators. “The Lithuanian Jewish Community has received threatening telephone calls and letters in recent days,” Faina Kukliansky, the chairwoman of the community, wrote…
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Fast Forward Florida Synagogue Receives Anti-Semitic, Threatening Package
(JTA) — A Florida synagogue received a package containing anti-Semitic and threatening objects, a day after a man was shot in front of another synagogue in the state. The Young Israel of Bal Harbour on Monday morning received the package, delivered by the United States Postal Service. It contained a DVD, a photo of someone…
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Fast Forward Man Shot Outside Of Miami Synagogue
(JTA) — A man was shot outside of a synagogue in North Miami Beach. The victim was shot several times in the leg on Sunday evening, as he stood outside of the Young Israel of Greater Miami waiting for the daily mincha prayers to begin, according to reports. Police told local media that a man…
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Fast Forward Police Identify 3 Men Who Sprayed Water Guns On Synagogue Worshipers
(JTA) — Police in Teaneck, New Jersey identified three of four people suspected of a hate crime, in which they allegedly sprayed dark liquid on Jews near a synagogue. The three suspects, who are said to have used water guns to squirt the liquid on July 12 outside the Young Israel synagogue after Friday evening…
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Fast Forward Chicagoland Mystery! Synagogue Finds Huge, Impenetrable Safe Under Parking Lot
A Chicago synagogue discovered a 3,000-pound safe under its parking lot — and locksmiths are failing at cracking it open, CBS Chicago reported. Plumbers were digging into the lot at Anshe Emet Synagogue in Lakeview in June when they hit the huge safe. Locksmiths and “safe-crackers” were recently called on to try to open it. It’s…
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